What's Up, Pussycat: 3 Days in Kotor, Montenegro
Since our destination in Montenegro was only about 54 miles from Dubrovnik, we flew there to rent our car. The Avis agent told us we'd save time if we went to a smaller border crossing that was a little out of the way, since sometimes crossings in the summer between Croatia and Montenegro can take up to three hours. We decided to listen to his wisdom, and he was right--we did drive through BFE Croatia, but there was no one at all at the crossing. Almost literally no one--the border agent was just a cop at a folding table who stamped our passports without even looking at us. And you may be thinking, wow, 54 miles--that's so close! It is so close, and yet so far--there's one road, and it's two lanes (so one lane of traffic each way) winding around a gigantic bay. So that 54 miles took us almost two hours all told. When we first crossed the border I had a little hesitation (maybe we should turn around and go back to Dubrovnik?) but as we reached the ...